Setup the remote access to generate aars

application/app/build.gradle

@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':application:vlc-android')
     implementation project(':application:television')
-    implementation project(':application:webserver')
+    devImplementation project(':application:webserver')
+    debugImplementation project(':application:webserver')
+    releaseImplementation "org.videolan.android:remoteaccess:$rootProject.ext.remoteAccessVersion"
     testImplementation project(':application:television')
     testImplementation project(':application:webserver')
 

application/webserver/build.gradle

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.library'
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
+    id 'com.vanniktech.maven.publish'
 }
 
+ext {
+    library_version = "$rootProject.ext.remoteAccessVersion"
+}
 android {
     namespace 'org.videolan.vlc.webserver'
 
@@ -61,6 +65,16 @@ android {
     buildFeatures {
         buildConfig true
     }
+
+    // Make per-variant version code
+    libraryVariants.all { variant ->
+        //Custom APK name
+        variant.outputs.each { output ->
+            if (output.outputFileName != null && output.outputFileName.endsWith('.aar')) {
+                output.outputFileName = "vlc-android-remote-access-${library_version}.aar"
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 preBuild.dependsOn(webCopy)
@@ -85,3 +99,5 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1'
 }
+
+apply from: '../../buildsystem/publish.gradle'

application/webserver/gradle.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# *************************************************************************
+#  gradle.properties
+# **************************************************************************
+# Copyright © 2024 VLC authors and VideoLAN
+# Author: Nicolas POMEPUY
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+# ***************************************************************************
+#
+#
+#
+
+GROUP=org.videolan.android
+POM_ARTIFACT_ID=remote-access
+
+
+POM_NAME=VLC-Android-RemoteAccess
+POM_DESCRIPTION=Android port of VLC's Remote Access
+POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2021

build.gradle

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ ext {
     versionCode = 3050740
     versionName = project.hasProperty('forceVlc4') && project.getProperty('forceVlc4') ? '4.0.0-preview - ' + versionCode : '3.6.0 Beta 4'
     vlcMajorVersion = project.hasProperty('forceVlc4') && project.getProperty('forceVlc4') ? 4 : 3
+    remoteAccessVersion = '0.1.0'
     libvlcVersion = vlcMajorVersion == 3 ? '3.6.0-eap13' :'4.0.0-eap16'
     medialibraryVersion = vlcMajorVersion == 3 ? '0.13.13-rc13' : '0.13.13-vlc4-rc13'
     minSdkVersion = 17